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THE CENSUS BUREAU

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Jan 30, 2026
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Does the text of the Constitution specify who must be counted in the census?

The Constitution requires an “” every ten years to apportion Representatives (Article I, Section 2), but its text does not lay out a detailed list of who precisely must be counted; instead it sets the...

Dec 3, 2025
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Does the Constitution specify who must be counted in the census beyond “persons” or “people”?

The Constitution requires a decennial “actual enumeration” but does not list a detailed methodology or a long definitional list of who counts beyond “persons” or “people”; the 14th Amendment’s phrase ...

Dec 8, 2025
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Does the Constitution define who qualifies as a “person” for the census?

The Constitution requires a decennial “enumeration” of persons for apportionment but does not spell out a legal definition of who exactly counts as a “person” or the detailed methods to identify them;...

Oct 7, 2025

How have subsequent amendments and legislation modified the 14th Amendment's impact on the US census?

The 14th Amendment’s core guarantee of birthright citizenship and its constitutional phrasing have become the center of policy fights that could reshape how the Census counts residents and how that da...

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